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Last week, Virginia Del. Mark Sickles was selected by Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger to serve in her Cabinet as Secretary of Finance. As such, there...

Interesting...the leading Republican candidate to potentially take on Sen. Mark Warner next year, State Senator Bryce Reeves, just announced that he's "withdrawing from the...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 28. The Year in Climate: Attacks on...

This past Wednesday, Fairfax City Democrats Chair Laura Stokes sent a questionnaire to candidates for the Democratic nomination in HD17 (Franconia-Springfield area of Fairfax...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, December 27. Cyclones, floods and wildfires among 2025’s...

As you might have heard, Virginia Del. Mark Sickles was selected earlier this week by Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger to serve in her Cabinet as...

As another year comes to a close in a few days, thanks to everyone who read Blue Virginia in 2025 - a very eventful...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, December 26. Scenes From an Unfolding Climate Drama...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, Christmas Day 2025. 🇺🇦 Zelensky speaks for all of...

UPDATE 12/24 1:40 pm - Dominion has sued the Trump administration, and for VERY good reason! "'Yesterday we filed a complaint and a motion in...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, December 24 (one of the darkest/weirdest Christmas Eves...

From Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11)'s office: Walkinshaw, Ranking Member Garcia, Members of Congress Demand Answers from OPM as Trump Workforce Purge Triggers Federal Retirement Backlog WASHINGTON,...

From Gov.-elect Spanberger's office: Governor-Elect Spanberger Announces Secretary of Administration Appointment Governor-Elect Spanberger: “Throughout Her Career, Ms. Deshazor Has Been Focused on Making Virginia’s Government Work...

See below for the latest announcement by Governor-elect Spanberger for her Cabinet; in this case, Del. Mark Sickles to be Secretary of Finance. No...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, December 23.  Climate Change Is Coming for Christmas...

From Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger: Governor-Elect Spanberger Announces Veterans & Defense Affairs Appointment Governor-Elect Spanberger: Maj. Gen. Williams’ “Decades of Experience at Every Level of the Military...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, December 22. World’s largest grid battery has been...

See below for video and highlights from Sen. Tim Kaine's appearance this morning on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I wish I could say yes...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 21. Countries Want Debt Relief for Conservation....

See below for video and highlights from Rep. James Walkinshaw yesterday speaking with Kristin Welker of NBC about the Epstein files partial/redacted/insufficient release. "It's...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, December 20. Was 2025 the year that business...

See below for reactions to this breaking news (also, see here for UVA's press release/pre-holiday and pre-weekend news dump; pathetic!): "The University of Virginia’s Republican-controlled...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, December 19. Food becoming more calorific but less...

See below for video and highlights from Sen. Mark Warner's weekly press availability (bolding added by me for emphasis of key points). First, Sen....

From Governor-elect Spanberger: Governor-Elect Spanberger, General Assembly Leaders Announce Key Legislative Priorities to Lower Costs for Virginia Families Governor-Elect Spanberger: “My Overarching, Unrelenting Focus in 2026...

On the Inside Scoop show last night, former VA Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria) really nailed it on why it’s essential that Virginia fight back...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, December 18. 2025’s AI boom caused huge CO2...

With just a few weeks left in Glenn Youngkin's single term as governor (thank god!), this morning he presented proposed budget for 2026-2028 (video...

From former Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02), who's running to take back this seat from the deplorable Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02), most definitely NOT a...

Last year around this time, I posted my "25 Things to Keep an Eye On as Virginia Heads Into 2025." Among the top items...